Get familiar with the most important Brazilian greetings and polite expressions. These are little words and phrases that will help you in daily conversations and make you sound more natural when speaking.

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~7 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

Braziliant

🎙️ Episode 2: Essential Greetings and Expressions in Brazilian Portuguese

Short stories are awesome to listen to and they don't take much time at all. This one can help you get familiar with many new words; be sure to give it a try! ^^

All About English and How You Learn It!

A Short Story For Advanced Learners of English

Switzerland has a problem, and it needs your help.

Between 1918 and 1964, lots of military ammunition was thrown into lakes around the country. At the time, it was believed to be a safe way to dispose of it.

And it wasn't a small amount, either. According to a government press release, about 8,000 metric tons of ammunition lies underwater, mostly in three lakes: Lake Thun, Lake Brienz and parts of Lake Lucerne.

Some of the ammunition lies as deep as 220 meters, and some is just a few meters deep.

Now, the country needs help getting it out, and it's offering a prize of about $58,000 for the best ideas.

Getting the ammunition out won't be easy — although it has been underwater for a long time, the risk of explosion is still high. Some of it weighs up to 50 kilograms, and the water visibility is poor in many parts of the lakes.

Some of the ammunition has components that can pollute the water and soil if moved, so the government is also looking for ideas that are environmentally friendly.

The competition to find the best idea is open now, and will run until February 2025. The three best ideas will be announced in April next year, and the winners will share the $58,000 prize.

The government said this doesn't mean the ideas will be implemented immediately, but said they could help with future research on the issue of underwater ammunition.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Switzerland Offers Prize to Get Ammunition out of Lakes

Poema de Federico García-Lorca del Romancero Gitano

POEMAS DE FEDERICO GARCÍA-LORCA

ROMANCE DE LA LUNA

It is a short story by Ivan Turgenev, a Russian novelist and story writer. The story of Gerasim, a deaf and mute serf whose life of poverty is brought into sharp relief by his connection with Mumu, a dog he rescued, brought greater national attention to the cruelties of serfdom and received praise for its brutal portrayal of this institution in Russian society.

Learn Russian with Marianna!

Ivan Turgenev "Mumu"

En este episodio Hablaremo sobre El cocuy que no es solo un licor venezolano, sino es historia, cultura, tradición y resistencia.

Tan sencillo como una bebida puede enseñar sobre la identidad de un pueblo.

Así que, si algún día visitas Venezuela, ¡no te vayas sin probar un trago de cocuy!
🥂 🥃 🍹

Spanish with Nathy

🎙️El Cocuy tradition, history and culture of Venezuela🎙️🥂 🥃 🍹

En este episodio hablo un poco sobre las obras más importantes de la literatura española. In this episode I talk a bit about the most important works of Spanish literature (find more information about this podcast on minutopodcast.carrd.co)

Minuto Español

La literatura española (Spanish literature)

A story about two twins and their long drive on the way to the zoo

Storytime with Teacher Lauren

Are We There Yet?

In this episode I will show you how to say and pronounce the months of the year in Spanish.

Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Mayo
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Noviembre
Diciembre